How to Fight the Forthcoming Unibrow Nation

In the same week, Ravens QB Joe Flacco declared he's the best in the NFL and Anthony Davis aided Kentucky in winning their NCAA title. Which means, if The Twitter tells us anything, we're headed perilously close to Unibrow Nation. For men — and the women who love them — that is very bad news, even if these athletes are unarguably rich and successful.

So, a call to arms. We're counting on you, men who may be reading this screen with that third eye below your (just admit it) unibrow — fix the damn thing. Here are a few tips: You can't use wax (or get it waxed at some beauty place) because that will create stark borders around your eyebrows, unnatural lines that suggest to the world entire you had a procedure done. Taking Nair to the spot between your eyeballs is dangerous, and could cause redness or irritation. And using your regular razor is also out of the question, because those are shaped such that you won't be able to get precise. You're not aiming for two blunt edges, caterpillars above your eyes, like some Sesame Street puppet.

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The only option is tweezers. At first, pulling out the hairs will sting, and then, depending on the amount of hair, the skin will eventually go numb. Do it slowly, asking your girlfriend or someone you trust the following question: "Keep going?" Also, if you don't want co-workers to notice (they'll approve, anyway), spread the work out over a week, little by little. And if you're really lacking confidence in the tweeze department, or don't own a pair yet, you can always go to one of those aforementioned estheticians and ask her to show you how. If you pay attention, you'll never have to return. Unless you enjoy the luxury of someone taking care of it for you.